With 2 minutes before the 6pm departure, fireman Mark St. Aubin and engineer Ricky inspect the fire. The fire has to be perfect in order to tackle the 17 miles of graded track to Frostburg.
Another day on the job..... if it were 1955. View from the cupula of a WM caboose during a steam charter. Although these cabeese were pretty roomy in their day, during a charter this is a tough... (more)
The steam pressure gauge reads an almost exact 200 PSI (not visible due to the angle of which the photo was taken) after one of the most intense runbys of the day at Sunnyside. The steam locomotiv... (more)
After dumping ashes just around the curve to the right, WMSR 734 works westbound on #2 track at Frostburg as seen from WMSR GP30 #501 at dusk. A short time later the photo charter would be heading... (more)
Ah, the modern way of sanding a steam locomotive. It must not have been a fun job for this WMSR crewman to climb on top of the 734 to dump bags of sand into the dome in the rain.
Photo taken from the deck of the Trail Inn & Cafe in Frostburg, MD. Most of the group have already boarded the train to go to the next runby locatin, but some photographers linger around the locom... (more)
The photo freight approaches the east portal of Brush Tunnel with the majority of the charter group in the second gondola behing the 734. Can you find yourself? Photo taken from the cupola of WM 1... (more)
The photo freight crosses over into Maryland from WV to kick off the day.
734 arrives at Frostburg after yet another succesful trip up the mountain.
All I can say is thank you Pete Lerro.
WMSR 734 and the photo freight rounds the curve and is seconds away from entering Brush Tunnel.
It's a tough job but someones gotta do it! A WMSR crewman checks out Mountain Thunder before the next runby at Frostburg.
WMSR 734 leads a short freight complete with WM caboose around Helmstetter's Curve.
734 is in full stride working upgrade around Helmstetter's Curve.
734 blasts upgrade under an old signal bridge nearing the crossing at Trimble Road.
